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Compact Disc
Compact Disc
The compact disc has proved hugely popular over the years due to its highly portable nature. Consequently, there exists a great deal of content in this format that would benefit from the protection afforded by digitisation. Converting compact disc to digital is a prudent step, protecting your material from permanent loss or damage and making it quickly accessible.
Thankfully, TownsWeb Archiving’s CD to digital service uses experienced technicians who are experts in restoring and converting all your compact discs to digital, delivering a transferred copy of data onto a secure format.
TownsWeb Archiving also offers an automatic audio transcription service, ideal for CD’s which contain oral histories. These files can be turned into typed text to make them searchable by keywords.
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Hear what our clients have to say about our digitisation services
TownsWeb Archiving have proved very able and extremely helpful in supporting us to bring a local heritage alive for local people. We would certainly recommend TownsWeb Archiving to other libraries, museums and archives.
Exhibition and Display Officer
We are delighted with the results. Without TownsWeb Archiving’s services we could not have completed the work in time and on budget. Their staff have been nothing but approachable, helpful and attentive and I can strongly recommend their services.
Head of Digital
TownsWeb offered us a complete end-to-end service, from scanning and transcription, to web design and content management software. Their work was completed quickly and to a high standard, and we are extremely pleased with the results.
Information & Archives Officer
Digitisation Frequently Asked Questions
The content held on the compact disks will determine the formats that TownsWeb Archiving can provide. In most cases our CD digitisation is for the transfer of files (any formats) onto a more stable long term storage device. This will assist in the migration of CDs into a platform or preservation system in a fast, secure method, from hard drives, LTO or other easily readable hardware.
All content is captured by our highly trained digitisation technicians, before undergoing a formal quality assurance checking procedure. The final step in the process is the delivery of your electronic files by hard drive.
Calculate the cost of your digitisation project
Enter your digitisation requirements and tick the box to confirm whether you would like us to get in touch to discuss your requirements further. If you’re not quite ready to use our online quote calculator, feel free to call on 01536 713834 or email us [email protected]
Quote assumptions and specifications
- Size: Up to 30cm cubed
- Folder Naming: One folder per item
- File Naming: Sequential (example: “001.tif”, “002.tif” etc.)
- Resolution: 4 captures per object (front, back, left and right side)
- File Formats: TIFF or JPEG and GIF or MP4
- Pre/Post Processing: Image adjustments, rotation, flipping, cropping excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: Up to 30cm cubed
- Folder Naming: One folder per item
- File Naming: Sequential (example: “001.tif”, “002.tif” etc.)
- Resolution: 36 captures per object
- File Formats: TIFF or JPEG and GIF or MP4
- Pre/Post Processing: Image adjustments, rotation, flipping, cropping excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: 35mm Frame
- Folder Naming: Excluded
- File Naming: Unique (example: “Accession-Number.tif”)
- Resolution: 300 PPI
- File Formats: TIFF
- Pre/Post Processing: Image adjustments, rotation, flipping, cropping excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: Up to 90 minutes
- Folder Naming: Included
- File Naming: Unique (example: “Accession-Number.mp4”)
- File Formats: Single file format (MP4/MOV)
- Pre/Post Processing: Video adjustments, clipping, enhancements excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: Up to 180 minutes
- Folder Naming: Included
- File Naming: Unique (example: “Accession-Number.mp4”)
- File Formats: Single file format (MP4/MOV)
- Pre/Post Processing: Video adjustments, clipping, enhancements excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: Up to 90 minutes
- Folder Naming: Included
- File Naming: Unique (example: “Accession-Number.mp3”)
- File Formats: Single file format (MP3)
- Pre/Post Processing: Video adjustments, clipping, enhancements excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: Up to 800 MB Transfer
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: Up to 60 minutes
- Folder Naming: Included
- File Naming: Unique (example: “Accession-Number.mp4”)
- File Formats: Single file format (MP4/MOV)
- Pre/Post Processing: Video adjustments, clipping, enhancements excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: 16mm / 36mm / COMBI Frame
- Folder Naming: One folder per item
- File Naming: Sequential (example: “001.tif”, “002.tif” etc.)
- Resolution: 300 PPI
- File Formats: TIFF
- Pre/Post Processing: Image adjustments, rotation, flipping, cropping excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: 16mm / 36mm Frame
- Folder Naming: One folder per item
- File Naming: Sequential (example: “001.tif”, “002.tif” etc.)
- Resolution: 300 PPI
- File Formats: TIFF
- Pre/Post Processing: Image adjustments, rotation, flipping, cropping excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: Up to 180 minutes
- Folder Naming: Included
- File Naming: Unique (example: “Accession-Number.mp4”)
- File Formats: Single file format (MP4/MOV)
- Pre/Post Processing: Video adjustments, clipping, enhancements excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: Up to 180 minutes
- Folder Naming: Included
- File Naming: Unique (example: “Accession-Number.mp4”)
- File Formats: Single file format (MP4/MOV)
- Pre/Post Processing: Video adjustments, clipping, enhancements excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included